Love That Bridal: Dare to be hair

Think about your favourite celebrity. Whether it be Nicole Kidman or Taylor Swift you no doubt have seen them grace a red carpet in a gorgeous gown. Now Think about their hair styles. If that's too hard, here:

Gorgeous, right?

Wow, check out how it frames her face.

So pretty, right?

Don't you think this is really feminine?

Who doesn't love Taylor Swift's hair, honestly?!

Notice anything? Their hairs down, flowy and full of bounce. Why we think we need a particular hair do as a bride, I will never know. But what I do know is that I really don't like 90% of the Bridal hair do's I see. It looks fake and if it needs 100 pins and a whole can of hairspray to stay that way, then maybe you're not doing it right. Hair shouldn't be stiff. There's never been a shampoo advert that tried to sell you a product to make your hair stiff and hard, so why would you want hair like that for your wedding?

Katherine Middleton

If you never wear your hair 4 inches on top of your head, why would you on your wedding day? And wasn't the last time you stuck flowers all through your hair back in the 90s when butterfly clips were trending? You shouldn't have more metal in your hair than a teenager with braces has in his mouth.

It seems like everyone in the planet saw Kate Middleton marry her Prince, we all loved Pippa's dress and envied her perky bottom but did you notice Kate wore her hair down?

You can still have a braid, just don't have it so tight or so sprayed stiff that it no longer resembles hair!

Accessories are definitely encouraged but add to your face shape, compliment your outfit and leave your hair full of bounce and life.

Doesn't she look gorgeous?

When you leave the hairdresser after a new cut and colour, they blow dry it out and you leave the salon with this spring in your step that you really can't get anywhere else. You feel like a total glamour, a star, sexy, pretty and gorgeous. All because your hair is beautiful, thick, fresh and bouncy. Why then, do you want to stick it all back, shove 50 pins in it and make it stay that way until you have to pull it all apart and pray it doesn't snap off?

I don't know where we got the idea that we had to have "bridal hair" but I hope when you're talking to your hairdresser about it that you mention words like "bouncy", "full of life" and not "slicked back like I'm wearing a swim cap".

Here's some more beautiful brides wearing their hair down.